Cape Desolation

Cape Desolation (Greenlandic: Killavaat Nuugaatsiaat^[a], Danish: Kap Desolation), also known as 'Cape Brill', is a headland in southwest Greenland in the Kujalleq municipality.

Cape Desolation Killavaat Nuugaatsiaat (Greenlandic) Kap Desolation
Cape
Cape Desolation with the Northern Lights
Cape Desolation
Coordinates: 60°44′02″N 48°10′26″W
Location	Kujalleq, Greenland
Offshore water bodies	Labrador Sea
Area
• Total	Arctic
Elevation	600

Geography

The cape is located 16.66 km to the west-north-west of Cape Thorvaldsen near the modern settlements of Arsuk and Ivittuut.^[1] The cape is in an impressive stack of jagged cliffs with the reddish crags of the Killavaat mountain range in the background.^[2] The Outer Kitsissut (Torstein Islands) lie 9.5 km west-north-west of the cape.